Recent content by lonewolf6465

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    Gadgets stopped working in Win7

    I wonder why UAC is essential for gadgets.. interesting. Thanks for the help.
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    Gadgets stopped working in Win7

    I ran into the same thing, the weather gadget was on my desktop and I realized it had just disappeared. When I went to turn it back on I wasn't able to get into the menu again. This might have happened after I rebooted because I installed the ATI driver set. I turned off my machine for the...
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    Remotely see what services failed to start

    All I can think of is right clicking on My Computer, Manage and right click Computer Management > Connect to Another Computer You could see the services that way if you had the proper permissions/accounts setup.
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    SQL - Want to split MDF/LDF

    Thanks for the links, KB. We're trying to improve performance across the board to be honest. Not only in backup time but in our applications accessing of DBs.
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    SQL - Want to split MDF/LDF

    Hi. I have 8 databases (each contains an LDF/MDF) and they are starting to grow rather large. I understand there is a way in SQL to take one MDF and turn it into chunks. Ex: database.mdf (orginal) want to turn into database.part1 database.part2 etc. Does the LDF become a part as...
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    Use Server 2k3 is a desktop OS?

    http://win2k3.msfn.org/ That helped me do it, the only thing that was annoying was getting my webcam to work, I had to get the install from logitech's site instead of my CD. Also I use Trillian (well, I would anyways but) AIM/MSN I know for sure won't install on a server class OS. Other...
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    Dell Inspiron 1150 Laptop Harddrive

    Well it worked when I plugged it in the back of my PC, 'cept Server2k3 doesn't know what to do with it. Figures, thanks for the help.
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    Dell Inspiron 1150 Laptop Harddrive

    I've got a friend's laptop and it is pretty dead. I pulled out the harddrive and I have a 2.5in ide > usb cable to hookup to my desktop to get the data off of it. The problem is that it doesn't seem to have any power as the drive never appears on my computer (server 2k3). When I pulled it out...
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    No Audio thru HDMI...HELP!

    start > control panel > sound / audio device > audio tab > sound playback changed to ATI Audio or w/e it is Give that a shot
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    Help deleting a folder

    Thanks, it worked perfectly.
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    Help deleting a folder

    1. Right-click the file that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties. 2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears). The thing that doesn't work is whenever I right click a file (both computers I'm working on are XP HOME) I don't get...
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    Help deleting a folder

    I'm getting access denied whenever I try and move/copy/delete this folder off of an old Windows XP Pro harddrive. Basically, my sister got a new machine so I used an IDE to USB interface to copy over her old data. Her 'My Documents' copied over fine, but she had some items on her desktop as...
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    24 - Do they not eat or something?

    CTU has no flaws, and they are all perfect 99.999999999999% of the time.
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    Clean WinXP Install

    uh.. xp pro discs that are a full install have a format HD option before you do any installing.. then format ntfs and have fun.. that s what i normally do.
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    Random power shut-down problem

    I had this problem with my laptop (toshiba satelite) at one point. I sent it back to them and the report came back as a internal grounding issue. I know you mentioned you switched power supplies, but perhaps it is the connection on his mobo?